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Apelsinmannen

1990 · 1 season

A slow, moody plunge into a shadowy underworld, more unsettling than thrilling, with a constant sense of unease.

Created by
Jonas Cornell
Genres
Drama
Starring
Görel Crona, Thomas Hellberg, Rikard Wolff
Overview
Birgitta is a young student in the 50's. Living among drugdealers, prostitutes, homosexuals and killers in Stockholms nightlife...

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Created by
Jonas Cornell
Genres
Drama
Starring
Görel Crona, Thomas Hellberg, Rikard Wolff
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • isolation
  • identity
  • addiction
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour2
Realism8
Romance3
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Jonas Cornell
Written by
Thomas Borgström, Lars Bill Lundholm, Birgitta Stenberg
Starring
Görel Crona, Thomas Hellberg, Rikard Wolff, Björn Granath, Johan Rabaeus, Lisa Hugoson, Göran Graffman, Peter Haber
Length
1 seasons, 2 episodes, 60 min each
Network
SVT1
Country
Sweden
Languages
Swedish

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